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Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple? #1 (permalink) Tue Oct 07, 2008 15:42 pm   Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple?
 

Hi,

I'm currently working in school here in Nordhausen and on some of their computers they have installed Ubuntu, a Linux based operating system. I've taken a look at it and so far I really like it. Have you ever heard about it or even tried it? If so, what do you think of Ubuntu?

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Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple? #2 (permalink) Fri Oct 10, 2008 20:10 pm   Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple?
 

Hi Torsten,
I have Ubuntu installed on my PC. I had Fedora previously installed but Ubuntu is surely gaining popularity. It's handy but I still need to get used to it.
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Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple? #3 (permalink) Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:48 am   Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple?
 

Hi Pamela,

Thanks a lot for sharing your Ubuntu experiences. Did your PC come with the system or did you migrate it from Windows to Ubuntu? Also, how stable is Ubuntu and what about viruses?

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Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple? #4 (permalink) Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:05 am   Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple?
 

Hi Torsten,

I have both Windows XP and Linux(Ubuntu) installed on my PC. Most of the time I resort to Windows XP and sporadically switch to another OS just to make sure I can be quite proficient in using it later. Wink Ubuntu is reputedly fine in every way and frequently receives positive feedback . Wink
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Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple? #5 (permalink) Sat Oct 18, 2008 16:18 pm   Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple?
 

I haven't used Ubuntu, but I'm interested in installing Puppy Linux on a flash drive and using that as my "portable" operating system.

Linux is getting more viable for more people, because there has been a huge improvement in open-source applications. OpenOffice is now almost as good as MS Office, and in a few ways it's better. IBM's reincarnation of Lotus Symphony works well too. For photo editing there is GIMP, and for sound editing there is Audacity.

You can now do almost anything with Linux and still be compatible with most of the world.
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Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple? #6 (permalink) Sat Oct 18, 2008 17:28 pm   Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple?
 

hi guys

As a convert to apple and a user of open source when i had windows, Ubuntu has appealed to me.

Open office is really good and not patronizing like MS can be sometimes.

Neooffice (apple version) is a little more stable, and allows more format conversions.

Audacity and Gimp are also good apps, the former is all I really need audio wise, as garage band is just to much for what I want.

The open source is probably the way a lot of people will go. You may be interested in the discussions being held here:

http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/
on such subjects.
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Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple? #7 (permalink) Sat Oct 18, 2008 18:32 pm   Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple?
 

Stew, there's a new version of OpenOffice -- 3.0 -- that runs native on the Mac and sort of eliminates the need for NeoOffice. It even opens DOCX files.
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Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple? #8 (permalink) Sat Oct 18, 2008 18:37 pm   Ubuntu vs. MS Vista or Apple?
 

By the way, Dell is now selling notebooks with Unbuntu as their OS.
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